I try to make my recipes as simple and easy as possible because I do not like to invest many hours to make a simple meal or snack. So, I try to make your time worth well spent as little time as possible to make yummy and easy recipes to make! You can modify the ingredients to your liking if you have food allergies or do not like some specific ingredients. There are no rules in this. Enjoy!

In a large mixing bowl, add in all DRY ingredients and mix well. Then add in WET ingredients and mix very well. Scoop mixture into your mini muffin cup (do not overfill) and bake for 12-15 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes.

This is really easy and quick to make trail nuts mix! No baking required.

You can modify the recipe to your own preference. I used these ingredients because it was what I had in my pantry. I love to grab a handful of that and snack on these or a handful of that in a bowl and add non-dairy milk to it like a cereal. Sooo gooood! My son really enjoys snacking on these.

So quick and easy to make these in 2 minutes! More or less!

What you need:

~1/2 cup of raw walnuts

~1/2 cup of raw pecans

~1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips (above 63% cacao)

~1/2 cup of unsweetened coconut chips or flakes

~dash of pink salt or sea salt

~8 drops of coconut stevia liquid (or 1 TBS of warm honey)

~dash of cinnamon

~dash of pumpkin pie spice

~pinch of grounded ginger

~4 dried medjool dates, chopped

Direction:

A large bowl, add in first 4 ingredients (see picture below) and mix well. Then add a bit of sea salt (a dash or pinch of that). Mix well, taste to see if that needs some more salt or not. Then add 8 drops of coconut (or any flavor of your choice) stevia liquid and quickly stir to coat the nuts mix really well. (If you do not have any stevia liquid, you can use 1 TBS of honey, but warm it first and then add to the bowl and quickly stir to coat nuts mix well.) Add the reset of spices to the bowl and mix well. Finally, add in the chopped medjool dates and mix well. Then you have the trail nuts mix. You can snack on these or add non-dairy milk to it if you want to eat some cereal. (I use 1/2 cup of that nuts mix to my cereal bowl and add some almond milk to it. Soo goooood!!)

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

What is "Oatless" Oatmeal? Means an oatmeal without oats! Yes, you read that right! This is a Paleo breakfast but since I added some whey protein isolate powder to this so it is a Primal breakfast. You can make it Paleo omitting whey protein powder. Just add honey or maple syrup to it to sweeten the oatless oatmeal.

What you need to make oatless oat.

~1/2 cup raw walnuts

~1/2 cup raw pecans

Direction:
Nuts in the food processor and blend until they become finely chopped. See the picture below.

Pour 1/2 cup of non dairy milk into a small sauce pot. Heat it at medium-high until it comes to boiling, quickly, turn the heat down to medium-lowAdd 1/4 cup of oatless oats (nuts) to the non dairy milk slowly and stir at the same time. Add the remaining of the oatless oats (nuts) and stir. Turn off the heat and then add 1/2 cup of egg whites to the oatless oat mixture and stir quickly to prevent scrambled eggs. Then add 2 TBS of chia seed and stir. Then you have the oatless oatmeal!

Read below for more direction.

What you need to flavor the oatless oatmeal the Primal way:

~12 drops of liquid vanilla cream stevia

~1 scoop of whey protein isolate (I used Banana Cream Isopure)

~sprinkle of unsweetened coconut chips or flakes

~1/4 cup of thawed or fresh blueberries

~dash of cinnamon and nutmeg

The Paleo Alternative way

~omit whey protein isolate

~add a drizzle of raw honey or maple syrup to sweeten the oatless oatmeal

Direction:

Add a scoop of whey protein isolate into sauce pot with the oatless oatmeal mixture and stir until well incorporated. 12 drops of vanilla cream stevia liquid and mix well again.

Scoop 1/2 cup of oatless oatmeal into your serving bowl. Top with dashes of cinnamon and nutmeg, and a sprinkle of unsweetened coconut chips or flakes. Lastly, add 1/4 cup of blueberries.

Save the remaining for your family or save some for the leftovers. I plan to save some for breakfast tomorrow morning so I don't have to cook or clean up. Or I could eat that for lunch again. However way you want to save your leftovers.

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Need to have something quick breakfast on the go or very hungry but not in the mood to cook or clean up? Or a great pick-me-up energy snack in the afternoon? Or for any reasons!

I woke up a little later than normal this morning and I did not want to eat something heavy nor too hungry either. So I made up this yummy and quick smoothie. I made this as my pre-workout smoothie (drink this or eat something light 2-3 hours prior to workout, my suggestion.)

Green SuperFood is awesome! I have a couple of yummy recipes for you which I will post on my blogs later! My son does not like to eat vegetables very much but this, Super Greenfood, he does like in his smoothies! Kid approved!

Here's this heavenly delicious Power Breakfast Smoothie recipe!

What you need:

~ 1 scoop Green Superfood powder (any flavor)

~1 scoop Isopure Whey Protein (I used Banana Cream flavor)

~1 cup Frozen Berries

~1 Frozen Banana (or fresh banana but add some ice too)

~1/4 cup Plain Greek Yogurt (2% fat, you need the healthy fat but if you have 0% fat, then add 1 TBS of coconut oil)

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Here's another heavenly fragrant Lemon Salt Scrub recipe! You can scrub your body with this Lemon Salt Scrub when you take a shower first thing in the morning to give you a refreshing start. Great antibacterial stuff too! Gives you a glow look too. You'll smell awesome all day with this fantastic lemon fragrant!

Smells wonderful!

What you need:

~1 cup of fine pink or sea salt (I used fine pink salt)

~a microplane to zest 2 lemons

~20-30 drops of lemon essential oil (I like strong and powerful lemon fragrant. I buy 2-4 lemons every day. I use lemons in almost every meal-- I'm crazy about lemons)

~3-4 TBS of avocado oil or almond oil (I used avocado oil)

Ridiculously simple ingredients, right?!

Direction:

A small bowl, dump all ingredients in and mix it well with a fork. Fill that into an air tight container. That's it.

All ingredients except cinnamon not pictured but you do need cinnamon for this

Direction:

Preheat the oven at 350 degrees. Line parchment paper or silpat on your cookie sheet. In a food processor, add walnuts and steel cut oat and process until it becomes flour (see the picture below). Then add in egg, whey protein isolate, vanilla, baking powder, and cinnamon then process until well incorporated. They should look like cookie dough and less sticky too. Lastly, add in old fashioned oats, chocolate chips, vanilla creme stevia drops, and dried cranberries. Pulse several times until well incorporated. (See the picture below to see what your cookie dough mixture should look like). Use your hands to roll the dough into balls and drop these onto cookie sheet. They make about 15 cookies, depends on how big you make your cookie balls. Bake for about 8-9 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes. You can eat these right away or place these into an air tight container. I put mine in with yesterday's banana bread protein cookies container to keep them moist until ready to snack on. You can eat all of these but I watch my limitations and I like to have some extra left to snack on after workouts or between meal snacks.